Currently cutting small squares to patch a denim slipcover.
Wondering why Pantone and Adobe can’t get it together to include the color swatches in the new Creative Cloud updates. Oh yeah, it’s probably money.
Sketching out an idea to make a T-shirt stenciled in asterisks.
Updated April 10, 2023
Currently cutting small squares to patch a denim slipcover.
Wondering why Pantone and Adobe can’t get it together to include the color swatches in the new Creative Cloud updates. Oh yeah, it’s probably money.
Sketching out an idea to make a T-shirt stenciled in asterisks.
Updated April 4, 2023
It’s the beginning of April, and although it snowed last week, today it was 76 degrees and sunny. Kansas City weather is predictably unpredictable.
That’s got me wanting to do ALL THE THINGS, and cross them off my never ending lists in my beloved Bullet Journal.
Inspired by Samantha Dion Baker , this month I’m skewing my square sketching practice to a more journal-istic approach, trying to capture every day objects that tell the story of what’s going on. So far I’ve drawn the excavation machines and traffic warning cones that are all over the street marking where the sidewalks and driveway aprons are being replaced.
I’ve also been experimenting with the 99 jillion decorative stitches on my sewing machine, figuring out how to make monsters, dinosaurs and robots for some incredibly visible mending on Mr. SuzerSpace’s jeans.
I grew up in West Texas, so you’d think I’d be impervious to hot weather. It wasn’t just “fry an egg on a sidewalk” hot there. It was so hot that Dad kept a pot holder in the car so he could grasp the silver metal transmission lever and shift out of park when the car had been sitting outside in the sun for a couple of hours.
It didn’t bother me as a kid, nor as a teen-ager. But I moved away, to several different climates, and over time I’ve really begun to more than just not like the heat. Hate is an ugly word, but I’m close.
Two choices here – be unhappy all the time, or stay inside and do a little crafting! A paper fan is an easy choice for a hot afternoon project.
This paper fan is super easy – no special cutting machines or real talent involved. If you can fold a sheet in half and use a staple gun, you are all set! (Or as you’ll read below, even if you have a little trouble with the staple gun, it will all work out OK).
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I have a confession to make. I hate ironing.
I’ve been known to rewash a load of laundry just because it’s wrinkly from the dryer. And I have solemnly sworn to never buy linen clothes again.
So it’s not really surprising that I don’t do a lot of heat transfer vinyl projects. I bought my Silhouette Cameo mostly for working with paper. It came with a nice sample pack of adhesive vinyl, and I have had a great time decorating all the things in the house with that, and I’ve purchased more to keep those projects going.
But it didn’t come with any iron-on vinyl, and I resisted trying it out.
I did create some really fun stenciled T-shirts – one with scrap vinyl, and then a couple more using freezer paper stencils.
Of course, that’s not really ironing. And as it turns out, HTV vinyl isn’t really ironing either.
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If you celebrate, then Merry Christmas!
If you don’t, well, then Happy Monday!
Fun fact: I am super smitten by chalkboard art.
I have a Pinterest board of it, my Instagram feed is full of it, my iPhone wallpaper is created to look like it, and I have recently decided that I want to be able to do it.
I’m doing it my way, though of course. Baby Steps. I’m not ever expecting to become this guy.
To create this project, you need a chalkboard and chalk. And a stencil, which I cut with my beloved Silhouette Cameo.
